Michigan Engineering | University of Michigan U-M led research on the rotating detonation engine in the 1960s–then the US abandoned the design. Now it returns.
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“Rediscovered” engine for more efficient power plants
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Regenerative med center groups top-ranked U-M areas
A new $11.7 million center at the University of Michigan aims to advance regenerative medicine to restore patients’ lost dental, facial and skull tissue.
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Courage to Resist
In the escalating struggle between the individual and the state, technology favors the powerful. That’s why this Michigan computer scientist and his team of researchers revel in righting the balance.
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Keeping drugs on the job
Computer simulations developed at the University of Michigan reveal how well drug additives stop the active ingredients from crystallizing in the digestive tract.
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Sonic cyber attacks show security holes in ubiquitous sensors
Michigan Engineering researchers discuss and demonstrate the sound-based attacks they leveled at the accelerometers found in everyday electronics.
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Wellman participates in AI doomsday prevention workshop
Michael Wellman, a U-M Engineering professor, recently took part in a workshop to anticipate and prevent possible adverse outcomes of artificial intelligence.
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A smarter way to design rocket engines that don’t blow up
Researchers seek to understand a problem that has haunted the space program since Apollo: a flame inside the rocket engine that literally spirals out of control.
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Students embark on 100-year space mission
A team of students will interview 1,000 members of the Michigan community and launch their stories into orbit for 100 years.
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New low-cost surgical instrument moves like a surgeon’s hand
In an era of spiraling healthcare cost concerns, a new $500 surgical instrument developed at the University of Michigan is vying to take the place of a $2 million robot for certain minimally invasive procedures.
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How an Ice Age paradox could inform sea level rise predictions
The behavior of an ancient ice sheet—called Laurentide—has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, new research findings at U-M not only explain this but could also add evidence that climate change could drastically raise sea levels.
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